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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Facility Location Planning Models

LSC702 · Supply Chain Planning, Modelling and Analytics — Week 4 of 16

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Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Facility Location Planning Models

  1. Continuous space centre-of-gravity method
  2. Mixed-integer linear programming for location-allocation
  3. Multi-facility network optimisation
  4. Multi-criteria spatial evaluation
  5. Week 8: Lecture 38: Supply Chain Network Optimization: Case on Capacitated Plant Location Model
  6. Mod-08 Lec-33 Location allocation problems in supply chain. Layout

What you will be able to do

  • 1.4 Apply location planning models for different entities in the supply network.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: apply location planning models for different entities in the supply network.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lecture 8 Location Planning and Analysis · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 19 min · for registered students
  • Location Analysis in Operations Management - Quantitative and Qualitative Factors · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Supply chain network design · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 9: Facility Location Strategy · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 377–398 · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.762J Supply Chain Planning (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Operations Modelling
  • Week 2: Demand Forecasting and Predictive Modelling
  • Week 3: Strategic Supply Network Evaluation
  • Week 4: Facility Location Planning Models
  • Week 5: Inventory Control and Multi-Echelon Management
  • Week 6: Aggregate and Hierarchical Planning Frameworks
  • Week 7: Material Requirements Planning and Capacity Control
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Integration
  • Week 10: Supply Chain Simulation Methodologies
  • Week 11: Big Data Analytics in Supply Networks
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain Planning, Modelling and Analytics in …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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